Our chart below shows the estimated disenfranchised felon totals for each state and the District of Columbia, as of Dec. 31, 2004. Blank squares indicate that the state does not disenfranchise those population groups.

State

Total Voting Population

Prisoners

Parolees

Probationers

Jail Inmates

Est. Ex-Felons

Total Est. Disenfranchised

Total Est. % of Voting Pop. Disenfranchised

1. Alabama

3,392,779

30,628

9,098

30,387

1,418

178,516

250,046

7.37%

2. Alaska

459,529

4,658

927

5,083

463

11,132

2.42%

3. Arizona

4,061,499

33,103

9,291

55,259

1,315

77,136

176,103

4.34%

4. Arkansas

2,043,701

13,699

15,461

28,532

57,691

2.82%

5. California

26,064,483

167,612

107,580

7,932

283,124

1.09%

6. Colorado

3,397,937

20,537

6,920

1,180

28,636

0.84%

7. Connecticut

2,647,997

19,012

3,090

752

22,854

0.86%

8. Delaware

618,649

6,808

508

10,818

516

28,028

46,677

7.54%

9. District of Columbia

454,981

374

356

730*

0.16%*

10. Florida

13,094,945

84,210

4,694

127,794

5,565

957,423

1,179,687

9.01%

11. Georgia

6,387,956

46,972

23,530

209,442

3,664

283,607

4.44%

12. Hawaii

960,466

6,265

264

6,530

0.68%

13. Idaho

994,305

6,034

2,767

8,265

350

17,416

1.75%

14. Illinois

9,422,938

44,156

1,669

45,825

0.49%

15. Indiana

4,591,742

24,615

1,630

26,245

0.57%

16. Iowa

2,250,634

8,700

3,446

10,632

330

98,311

121,418

5.39%

17. Kansas

2,028,426

9,333

4,146

13,907

477

27,863

1.37%

18. Kentucky

3,123,645

17,470

9,609

29,311

1,183

128,775

186,348

5.97%

19. Louisiana

3,318,779

36,047

25,065

34,366

2,712

98,190

2.96%

20. Maine

1,018,982

0

0.00%

21. Maryland

4,130,817

23,434

14,223

20,482

1,111

52,272

111,521

2.70%

22. Massachusetts

4,946,304

10,140

10,120

0.20%

23. Michigan

7,541,065

48,173

1,615

49,788

0.66%

24. Minnesota

3,810,605

8,675

3,614

25,768

727

38,784

1.02%

25. Mississippi

2,120,013

23,669

1,816

21,967

1,153

97,550

146,155

6.89%

26. Missouri

4,297,142

30,515

17,123

45,305

810

93,752

2.18%

27. Montana

701,847

3,942

203

4,145

0.59%

28. Nebraska

1,298,451

4,024

736

5,385

239

51,612

61,996

4.77%

29. Nevada

1,659,757

10,606

4,287

6,987

547

21,166

43,594

2.63%

30. New Hampshire

981,456

2,417

170

2,587

0.26%

31. New Jersey

6,506,779

26,619

13,950

85,186

1,423

127,178

1.95%

32. New Mexico

1,372,580

6,466

2,953

8,002

658

18,080

1.32%

33. New York

14,657,367

63,372

55,741

2,904

122,018

0.83%

34. North Carolina

6,319,805

34,298

216

37,136

1,463

73,113

1.16%

35. North Dakota

487,010

1,380

86

1,466

0.30%

36. Ohio

8,620,509

43,927

1,560

45,487

0.53%

37. Oklahoma

2,633,289

22,844

4,047

21,962

688

49,541

1.88%

38. Oregon

2,710,424

13,376

852

14,228

0.52%

39. Pennsylvania

9,534,761

41,626

41,626

0.44%

40. Rhode Island

832,115

3,534

400

16,622

237

20,793

2.50%

41. South Carolina

3,123,648

23,719

2,953

20,904

946

48,523

1.55%

42. South Dakota

568,883

3,138

133

3,271

0.58%

43. Tennessee

4,447,269

25,835

7,983

32,288

2,254

25,899

94,258

2.12%

44. Texas

15,878,347

171,918

101,453

243,413

6,103

522,887

3.29%

45. Utah

1,608,540

5,970

5,970

0.37%

46. Vermont

481,661

0

0.00%

47. Virginia

5,587,563

35,172

5,158

37,463

2,153

297,901

377,847

6.76%

48. Washington

4,634,864

16,229

116

120,014

1,173

29,785

167,316

3.61%

49. West Virginia

1,419,453

4,982

1,308

4,159

352

10,800

0.76%

50. Wisconsin

4,139,405

23,134

12,911

24,873

1,423

62,342

1.51%

51. Wyoming

380,169

2,018

586

3,171

118

14,304

20,198

5.31%

TOTALS

217,766,271

1,315,387

477,704

1,344,883

62,878

2,058,678

5,259,530

2.42%

Total Voting Population

Prisoners

Parolees

Probationers

Jail Inmates

Est. Ex-Felons

Total Est. Disenfranchised

Total Est. % of Voting Pop. Disenfranchised

* Does not include the 6,677 D.C. prisoners under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons